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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Development
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Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
President Clark County Historical Society
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Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
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Volumes 2
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Published by
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922
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JOHN L. ZIMMERMAN has long been one of the
honored and representative members of the bar of Clark
County, and May 1, 1922, stands as the fortieth anniversary
of his establishing himself in the practice of his
profession in the City of Springfield.
Mr. Zimmerman was born on the old
homestead farm of his father, in Greene Township, on the
Salem road, in Mahoning County, Ohio. He is a son of
Abraham and Elizabeth (Shimp) Zimmerman. His paternal
grandfather, Captain Joseph Zimmerman, came from
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and established his home in
Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1803, he having been one of the
first three settlers in the county. In 1812 he there
organized a company for service in the War of 1812-15, and
as captain of the same he was in active service in the
command of Gen. William Henry
Harrison, the old muster roll which he retained being
now in the possession of his grandson, the subject of this
review, who values the same as a family and historic
heirloom. The Zimmerman family lineage traces
back to Germany, from which country its members were driven
out through religious persecution and found refuge in
Switzerland. From that fair little republic the first
representatives came to America about 1750, and it is a
matter of record that numerous members of the family were
aligned as patriot soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
Abraham Zimmerman was born in what is now
Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1825, was there reared to manhood
and there passed his entire life on the old home farm which
was taken up by his father in the early pioneer days, when
that section was a forest wilderness. This property, now one
of valuable order, was granted to Capt. Joseph
Zimmerman by the Government of the United States, has
continuously remained in the possession of the family, and
is now owned by John L. Zimmerman, of this review.
Abraham Zimmerman, a man of strong character and
vigorous mentality, was long one of the influential men of
his native county, was called upon to serve in various
offices of local trust, including those of township trustee
and justice of the peace, and he was familiarly known as ’Squire
Zimmerman. He was one of the venerable pioneer
citizens and native sons of Mahoning County at the time of
his death, in 1918, his wife having preceded him to eternal
rest and both having been devoted communicants of the
Lutheran Church. Of the four children one died in infancy;
Rev. J. C. Zimmerman became a distinguished clergyman
of the Lutheran Church and eventually was chosen secretary
of the Board of Church Extension of the General Synod of
that denomination in the United States; Catherine
became the wife of Dr. Emor W. Sinon, who served as
pastor of the Lutheran Church at Akron, Ohio, and both are
now deceased.
John L. Zimmerman found the period of his
childhood and early youth compassed by the benignant
environment and influences of the old home farm, and his
preliminary education was obtained in the schools of his
native county. In 1874-5 he was a student in Mount Union
College, and in the following winter he was teacher in the
Germantown district, Beaver Township, Mahoning County. In
1879 he was graduated in Wittenberg College, at Springfield,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After leaving college
Mr. Zimmerman read law in the office and under
the preceptorship of Judge J. K. Mower, and in 1881
he was admitted to the bar of his native state. On the 1st
of May, 1882, he engaged in the practice of law at
Springfield, and here he has continued his professional
activities during the long intervening years, which have
brought to him secure standing as one of the leading members
of the bar of Clark County.
Mr. Zimmerman has shown lively interest
in all things touching the civic and material welfare of his
home city, has been president of the board of trustees of
the Springfield Public Library, has been for twenty-five
years treasurer of his alma mater, Wittenberg College,
besides which he has given effective service as president of
its board of directors. In the World war period he was
president of the district exemption board and was active in
support of all patriotic movements in his home city and
county. Though influential in the councils and campaign work
of the democratic party for many years. Mr.
Zimmerman has never held political office. He has been a
zealous communicant of the First Lutheran Church of
Springfield since 1876, and his wife likewise has been
active and influential in church work. He became a member of
the committee which brought about the movement to unite the
various Lutheran bodies in the United States, and is now a
member of the executive committee of the United Lutheran
Church of America. He is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He is vice president
of the D. Q. Fox Company, wholesale grocers, and also of the
E. W. Ross Company, a representative manufacturing
concern of his home city. Mr. Zimmerman has
built four business blocks in Springfield and has otherwise
contributed to the material upbuilding of the city. As a
memorial to his deceased brother and sister Mr. Zimmerman
erected the fine Zimmerman Memorial Library building of
Wittenberg College, and he thus paid also a splendid tribute
to the institution of which he is a graduate.
In 1889 was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Zimmerman to Miss Helen E. Ballard, of
Springfield, and they have two sons. Charles Ballard
Zimmerman, the elder son, was graduated in Wittenberg
College, and thereafter was for two years a student in the
law department of Harvard University. In the World war he
served as a major advocate with the Fourth and Eighty-second
Divisions, and was in France fifteen months, within which he
took part in the St. Mihiel and Argonne offensive movements,
he being now a law partner of his father. John Luther,
Jr., the younger son, was graduated in Wittenberg
College in 1916 and in the law school of Harvard University
in 1920, he being now associated with his father and brother
in the practice of law. He was chief quartermaster in the
naval aviation service in the World war period and was
stationed at Seattle, Washington.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 424 -
Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
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SAMUEL ZIMMERMAN, a vigorous and resourceful
exponent of farm industry in his native country, was born on
his present fine old homestead farm in Springfield Township,
July 9, 1862, and is a son of George and Eliza Zimmerman,
both natives of the old Keystone State, where their marriage
occurred and whence they came to Clark County, Ohio, in the
spring of 1859. George Zimmerman was born in Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1819, and his death
occurred July 11, 1899. His brother Isaac preceded
him to Clark County and became a farmer near Lagonda, where
he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, their
two sons, Cyrus and William, likewise being
deceased. Cyrus Zimmerman removed to Union County,
but William remained in Clark County until his death, a few
years ago.
Upon coming to Clark County George Zimmerman
first established residence upon a farm near that of his
brother Isaac, but two years later he purchased the
farm now owned and occupied by his son Samuel, of
this sketch. He bought also additional land, including the
adjoining Nagley and Carr farms, and
within a few years he had thus accumulated a valuable estate
of about 312 acres. In 1874-5 he erected the large and
substantial house now occupied by his son Samuel, and
he made other improvements of the best order, all buildings
on the place having been erected by him. Henry M.,
Augusta and Mary, children of the first wife of
George Zimmerman, all became residents of the
State of Kansas. Of the children of George and
Eliza Zimmerman the following brief record is
available: Milton is a resident of Wellington,
Kansas; Simon remained on the old home farm and died
when in middle life; Arminta, the widow of John
Moore, still resides in Clark County; Alice is
the wife of James Ramsey, of Winfield, Kansas; and
Frank and Samuel remain on the old homestead
farm. After the death of his second wife George
Zimmerman wedded Elizabeth Parthemore, who
likewise preceded him to the life eternal, no children
having been born of this union. George Zimmerman
was an active member of the United Brethren Church at
Lagonda, served several terms as township trustee and was
also a member of the School Board of his district.
Samuel Zimmerman has always resided on the old
home farm which was the place of his birth, and his early
educational advantages were those of the public schools of
the locality. He had active charge of the farm about twelve
years prior to the death of his father, and the well
improved place, devoted to diversified agriculture and to
stock-growing, comprises 132 acres. This fertile bottom land
makes the farm one of special value, and on the place is an
excellent orchard, the attractive residence being situated
on a sightly knoll and being surrounded with fine old native
trees. Both Samuel and Frank Zimmerman
are bachelors.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 372 -
Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy Portz |
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